Instead, the next Gerald R. Ford-class aircraft carrier, CVN-80, would also be named the USS Enterprise. The forthcoming ...
The following is the Jan. 14, 2025, Congressional Research Service report, Navy Ford (CVN-78) Class Aircraft Carrier Program: ...
Two new aircraft carriers are being named after Bill Clinton and George W. Bush, continuing the Navy convention of naming ...
The decommissioning of CVN-65 was not the end of USS Enterprise. CVN-80, the third Ford-class carrier, will bear the name Enterprise and carry on the legacy of these ships in the Navy. Naming this ...
The future USS William J. Clinton (CVN-82) and USS George W. Bush (CVN-83) will be the fifth and sixth vessels respectively of the Gerald R. Ford class, and will each replace an aging Nimitz-class ...
Kennedy (CVN-79), the USS Enterprise (CVN-80), and USS Doris Miller (CVN-81 ... As an example of how long it takes to get a new aircraft carrier to the fleet, the Ford, the lead ship in the class was ...
Kennedy, is currently being fitted out while both CVN 80 and CVN 81, the USS Enterprise and USS Doris ... Loaded with new technology like the EMALS catapult system and the AAG arresting gear ...
HII has advocated for the Navy to utilize a block buy contracting strategy to purchase the carriers, like the service did for the future USS Enterprise (CVN-80) and USS Doris Miller (CVN-81).